Editorial NIUS/Europa PressMadrid 06/05/2023 06:26h.
Kathleen Folbig in 2004 Getty
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The testimony of Spanish scientist Carola Garcia Vinuesa has been necessary for the review of the case.
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The defendant has always maintained his innocence, assuring that all his children died of natural causes.
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Case review follows a scientific investigation pointing to a possible genetic mutation that caused the fatal arrhythmia
New South Wales Attorney General Michael Daley It was confirmed in a press conference on Monday that the matter is being investigated Kathleen Folbig was sentenced to life in prison in 2003 for the deaths of her four children.There was “reasonable doubt” about his guilt, for which it has ordered his pardon and release.
Folbig, 55, was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of her first child and for allegedly killing three of her children between 1989 and 1999., According to the report of 9News, the age of the babies ranged from 19 days to 19 months. The defendant has always maintained his innocence, assuring that all his children died of natural causes. This case review follows a scientific investigation pointing to a possible genetic mutation that causes the fatal arrhythmia. Highlights of this new report include the “reasonable likelihood” that three of the four children died of natural causes because of the clemency ruling.
“I think we all need to put ourselves in Folbig’s place and now give her the space she needs to move on with her life, don’t bother her or upset her in any way . It’s been a tough 20 years for him. We wish him the best.” According to the report of ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’, Daly has indicated.
A Spanish scientist leads the “scientific” defense
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Spanish immunologist, Garcia de Vinuesa belongs to the ‘Royal Society’ of the United Kingdom (where geniuses such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein were also located) are behind the investigations on which the review of the case is based and which changed Folbig’s fortunes after nearly two decades behind bars. The starting point of the chronology of this tragedy is February 1, 1989. Two years after the wedding of Kathleen and Craig Folbig. Then their first son, Caleb, was born. Exactly 19 days later, the little boy died and doctors determined it was sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Two years later, the couple’s second child, Patrick, died at the age of eight months, Sarah in August 1993 at the age of 10 months and Laura in 1999 at the age of 18 months. After this, there was a stir among the officers. According to experts, four deaths in a decade from SIDS was impossible. One of the theories that most influenced the sentence was propounded by Roy Meadow in 1997.A British pediatrician who studied child abuse, and who put forward the view that “one sudden infant death is a tragedy, two are suspects and three are murder, unless proven otherwise.”
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